Arizona
Contact: Sue Braga, Executive Director
E-Mail: sue.braga@azaap.org
Sue Braga, Arizona AAP Chapter (AzAAP) Executive Director, participated in the Arizona Medical Association's Disaster Preparedness & Response Task Force. She shared AAP resources with task force members, including the AAP policy statement "
The Pediatrician and Disaster Preparedness" and the
AAP Children and Disasters Web site. The Arizona Medical Association published the first draft of its "
Disaster Preparedness and Awareness Guide for the Practicing Pediatrician" in December 2007. This guide references the AAP publication, "A Disaster Preparedness Plan for Pediatricians: A Work in Progress", that was written by Scott Needle, MD, FAAP. Chapter representative, Peggy Stemmler, MD, MBA, FAAP, represented the AAP at the Arizona Short-Term Tabletop Exercise in October 2007.
California
Most disaster preparedness efforts in this state appear to be organized by county. The AAP California Chapters are considering a District approach to disaster preparedness efforts.
California Chapter 1
For more information, e-mail
DisasterReady@aap.org.
California Chapter 2
For more information, e-mail
DisasterReady@aap.org.
California Chapter 3
Contact: Dean E. Sidelinger, MD, MSEd, FAAP
E-mail:
Dean.Sidelinger@sdcounty.ca.gov
The California AAP Chapter 3 is reviewing relevant disaster preparedness plans. For San Diego, there is an all hazards, all citizens approach. There is not a pediatric specific disaster plan, although children are supposed to be incorporated throughout.
California Chapter 4
For more information, e-mail
DisasterReady@aap.org.
Guam
For more information, e-mail
DisasterReady@aap.org.
Hawaii
The AAP Hawaii Chapter was represented at state-level disaster preparedness meetings. Specific directives were not clarified, but strategies/tools to be implemented in the event of a pandemic influenza were identified and included: rapid isolation of geographic outbreak areas, use of mobile hospital units, and community wide immunization clinics. The Chapter consults and collaborates with the Hawaii Department of Health as needed. This year, the Hawaii Department of Health and the Hawaii AAP Chapter planned the first widespread seasonal influenza immunization campaign in Hawaii elementary schools.
The Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children (which is the only dedicated pediatric subspecialty medical center) will serve as the hub for any needed pediatric emergency mobilization and care for the children of Hawaii. The state government, civil defense, local military units, department of health, and the local medical care team has been involved in this collaborative effort to prepare Hawaii for the unthinkable. Work has also been done to stockpile medications, air purification masks, and mobile hospital units in secure military guarded storage areas on the island of Oahu.
For more information, e-mail
DisasterReady@aap.org.
Nevada
For more information, e-mail
DisasterReady@aap.org.
